OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 54152

jump cut

Meanings (ES + gloss)
salto de montaje • salto en la edición
A cinematographic edit in which a single continuous sequential shot of a subject is broken into two parts, with a piece of footage being removed in order to render the effect of jumping forward in time.
Jump cuts used to be considered unacceptable mistakes. Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless (1960) was the first time jumpcutting was used extensively in a narrative film.
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